Award-winning, University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologist Kelsy Burke, Ph.D., chats with Trey Elling about THE PORNOGRAPHY WARS: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF AMERICA'S OBSCENE OBSESSION. Topics include:
- How she ended up writing this book (0:50)
- A definition of ‘pornography’ (2:02)
- The subjectivity of ‘offensive’ (3:33)
- The genesis of the US porn wars around Civil War times (4:17)
- George Francis Train as one of the first porn defenders (6:24)
- J. Edgar Hoover’s “Obscene File” (8:22)
- Both sides of the porn wars feeling empowerment in 1957 (10:00)
- Common ground on porn for hardcore feminists & Christian women in ‘60s & ‘70s (12:37)
- Nixon’s war on porn backfiring (14:03)
- What sparked a golden era for porn in the 1970s (17:14)
- Rev. Jerry Falwell’s impact on the porn wars (18:39)
- The VHS saving porn (21:33)
- The relationship between the internet and porn (22:45)
- An explanation of sex trafficking (24:50)
- How often sex trafficking is a part of porn (26:27)
- Similarities between diametrically opposed sex trade expos (28:43)
- The complications of a California bill to require male porn actors to wear condoms for intercourse (31:28)
- A horrifying example regarding the complications of consent (33:31)
- Where women go to work when they try to leave the sex industry (36:28)
- Feminist porn (38:04)
- How watching porn is potentially harmful (41:08)
- Is porn addictive? (42:49)
- Youth sex education & porn (46:06)
- Is ‘porn’ sex 'real’ sex (50:47)
